Selection advantage of metabolic over non-metabolic replicators: A kinetic analysis

BioSystems

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-129

  Wagner, Nathaniel ^a   Pross, Addy ^a   Tannenbaum, Emmanuel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Metabolism first; Origin of life; Purpose; Replication first; Teleonomy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; METABOLISM; ORIGIN OF LIFE; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 73449095722     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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